I don't understand the issue. I looked at the back cover and she uses no
non-standard abbreviation for liter. She uses the lowercase l while upper
case L is the preferred symbol in the US. However, both have to be regarded
as acceptable for consistency with the BIPM's SI Brochure.
I haven't
It might be worthwhile looking as which of these prefixes are used in Europe
(including the UK) and why they are used.
From my experience, the prefix centi is widely used for centimetres in
virtually all European countries, while centilitre is used in some European
countries (for example
Yes, the deciliter is used in the US in many medical lab tests, but neither it
nor the centiliter are permitted in net contents labels, the FPLA rules give a
list of allowed units with these and no other language.
The dekameter (cubed) is used to describe fairly large amounts of water,
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/25LRWBD
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
What is the point here? I started the survey and quit when encountering
all the arcane prefixes. If the goal is to educate folks about the
simplicity of SI, this is a great way to botch it. No real person in a
metric country will ever know what a yota-whatever is, and it is not
necessary.
Tell that to BIPM. Those are all official SI measurements and
internationally recognized. Ignoring them is to bury your head in the
sand.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 20:46:15 -0800
From: Harry
